More Records Fall as Spartans Roll

Dec 06, 2008

YORK, PA – The York College men’s
swimming team captured their seventh and eighth victories of the
season Saturday afternoon courtesy of a 163-70 result over Goucher
and a 147-56 win against Salisbury. The Spartans improve to a
stellar 8-1 on the season with the home tri-meet victories. The
Gophers drop both results and fall to 2-5 on the year while the
Capital Athletic Conference rival Sea Gulls split to move to
3-4.
The Spartans would capture a total of
nine overall first-place finishes, taking both relays and seven
individual events.
The 200-medley relay, the men’s
opening race, belonged to the green and white as York swimmers
captured the top two slots. Matt Jennings (Fairfax,
Va./Robinson), Steven Tobin (Estell Manor,
N.J./Holy Spirit), Ben Hilt (Mt. Joy,
Pa./Hempfield), and Jonathan Gottschalk (Forest
Hill, Md./Fallston) teamed up to take first with a time of
1:40.08, establishing a new pool record in the event. The
race’s second slot went to teammates AJ Bean
(Ijamsville, Md./Urbana), Alex Diehl (Pottstown,
Pa./Owen J. Roberts), Clark Arnold (York,
Pa./Northeastern), and Tom DeCoursey (Cherry Hill,
N.J./Cherry Hill West) as the foursome clocked in a
1:43.79.
Both records that fell in individual
races came by identical times of 54.89. Arnold would break the pool
record in the 100 butterfly, establishing the new top time of 54.89
in the event. The third pool record fell in the 100 backstroke to
Jennings, one of the Spartans’ four seniors. Jennings wrote
his name in record books with the other 54.89.
Gottschalk continues his torrid freshman
campaign adding yet another win to his rookie total, taking the
1,000 freestyle with a time of 10:32.66.
Following Gottschalk, Steve
Yeager (Sinking Spring, Pa./Wilson) captured another
individual win for the Spartan side, edging Salisbury’s Jamie
Overholt in a thrilling 200 freestyle. The Spartan sophomore
touched the wall at 1:51.05, just three-tenths ahead of Overholt.
Yeager backed up his performance in the 200 freestyle by later
nabbing the 500 free with a time of 5:01.51.
In the 100 freestyle, Hilt secured
first-place points for the home squad, clocking in at 49.72. Junior
Andrew Demarest (Galloway, N.J./Abesegami) grabbed
first in the 200 IM with a time of 2:05.21.
Hilt, Garrett Higgins (Yardley,
Pa./Pennsbury), Gottschalk, and Jennings took first in the
200 free relay in the meet’s final event. The group combined
to take the race in a time of 1:30.07. Brian Shaffer
(Schnecksville, Pa./Parkland), DeCoursey, Janosky, and Demarest
captured second by clocking in at 1:32.75.
Four Spartans took four individual
second-place finishes. Tobin just missed another York victory,
clocking a 1:03.51 in the 100 breaststroke, in a mere .17 behind
Salisbury’s Mike Ferrari. Tobin also took second in the 200
IM with a time of 2:11.41.Adam Willier’s (Pottsville,
Pa./Pottsville Area) time of 23.46 in the 50 freestyle was
the race’s second-best time, while DeCoursey notched second
in the 100 freestyle wilth a time of 51.14.
The Spartans now embark on over a
month-long break, providing the green and white extensive time to
prepare for the latter portion of their season. York next takes to
competition on Saturday, January 17, when they host Ursinus in a
1:00 pm meet.